The crew at Games On Net had the chance to sit down with lead designer Todd Alderman on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In the interview they talk about matchmaking, X-Server technology among other things. Here is a snippet from the interview.
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Modern Warfare 2 is set to be released on 11-10-09.
games.on.net: You mentioned matchmaking playing a key role: one of the big problems we face in Australia comes from our relatively low population and the inherent difficulty in finding local players that creates. This is intensified by the fact that playing overseas players doesn’t really work. It begs the question: can you customise your search with a country filter?
TA: There is nothing in there that allows you to say, ‘I don’t want to play with anyone but people from my area,’ but there has been a lot of matchmaking and network optimisation we’ve put into the game to try and make sure that we find you the best possible game that we can. We have two Australians that work for us and one of them just moved back home so he is going to be a great source of information for us on your local market. But rest assured, we’ve put a lot of effort into making things work a lot better this time around.
TA: There is nothing in there that allows you to say, ‘I don’t want to play with anyone but people from my area,’ but there has been a lot of matchmaking and network optimisation we’ve put into the game to try and make sure that we find you the best possible game that we can. We have two Australians that work for us and one of them just moved back home so he is going to be a great source of information for us on your local market. But rest assured, we’ve put a lot of effort into making things work a lot better this time around.
Full Interview...
Modern Warfare 2 is set to be released on 11-10-09.
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